“Shame.” The guy said before running to Jacob, the guy tried to hit with a flurry of punching but all of them hit air even as he switched to kicks. Jacob shot two web bullets but the last goon just took it, protecting the leader. The door bursted open, before the goon threw a pair of gloves to the leader. The leader quickly equipped them before Jacob had the chance to shoot them out of the air. The leader beckoned Jacob to come to fight him, but Jacob felt the flurries of his spidey sense activating towards the gloves.
‘Wait are those?’
Before Jacob had the chance to finish the thought, a vibro-shockwave was launched towards him, hurling him across the banks floor and down the steps. Jacob tried to shake it off but he couldn’t in time, before the vibro gauntlets and the leader assaulted him again. Jacob felt the concrete break from beneath him before he got used to the vibro-shocks enough to web out of the their and onto the clock right above the building. Jacob shook his head before flipping out of the way of the next vibro-shock.
‘The goon then those gauntlets’ Jacob decided as he landed.
“What’s wrong? Why so quiet? Not liking the shock?” The leader smiled, his eyes widening matching his manic smile. He looked to be enjoying this as much as Jacob hated it.
“Aren’t those more vibrations you quack” Jacob teased before seeing a haymaker of a punch coming his way. Jacob easily grabbed the fist as he shot his web, attaching to it before spinning the guy around in his way like a ballerina. Once the goon became a cocoon, Jacob felt another shot coming his way so he threw the guy webbing him to the wall before flipping out of the way of a gun shot. Jacob looked and it was one of the men in the cars now dressed in police attire. The guy got tackled by another cop before the leader vibro’d the police cruiser car which was the closest to them, launching it above the police before letting it go. Jacob looked at the situation in bullet time before rolling down the flight of stairs that he was fighting on, and pulling himself forwards with two web lines to the ground sliding him forward before catching the cop car and throwing it back to where it was. Jacob looked towards where the guy he was fighting was but he only spotted a fleeing person in a crowd of people.
“Batman can’t do that” Jim huffed. Fixing his coat.
“I ain’t batman Gordon, but I do appreciate the help with these two” Jacob told him before looking at his wound. It was still bleeding so Jacob sprayed it with his web before preparing to chase the guy.
“Thank you-”
“Scarlet spider, don’t wear it out” Jacob winked before shooting a web slinging him to the light pole, and swinging towards his apex. Jacob put a little to much power, breaking the pole before going into another swing.
“Sorry!” Jacob yelled as he swung away. He looked at everyone who returned the gaze with enthusiasm. His name has been going around recently, even though some think he’s a menace, most consider him helpful. Jacob tried to spot anything suspicious but not finding anything Jacob landed on another street pole. Surveying the land before he heard scuttling coming from an construction site. Jacob was going to look it over but hearing rattling from steel, he’d knew that someone was there. He dropped with his hands catching the elongated steel of the light pole, before swinging and gaining the momentum needed to land on the gates blocking entrance. He looked around but then he saw a gaping hole where someone with a large fist, punched their way in or the leader vibro’d his way in.
‘I am going to assume the latter. ’
Jacob followed the trail but he found himself leaving the construction site, and going to a empty parking lot.
“The car from earlier. Fuck he might get away.” Jacob thought before landing on the street, and jumping tens of feet in the air to the first level, he didn’t see anything, so he checked the other floors until he reached the third floor where saw a lot of people dressed in black huddling up around the van that he had spotted earlier, letting them finish Jacob landed quietly to the ceiling, slowly crawling to where they were, trying to see what they were talking about.
“Good job on the distraction, Herman. While you were doing that, Me and Finley got the cash and gold out of their nice and smoothly. No thanks to that bug guy.”
“yeah did you see the way he webbed up Carlos?” Herman smiled passively flexing his fingers within the gloves, feeling the power that was instilled in him before launching a vibrowave to all of the others, including Jacob. Jacob twisted out of the way, before falling onto the floor.
“Wow, I just wanted all of the money to myself but now. Thanks to you, I have an out.” Herman manically laughed, before going in for another round. Jacob shot 4 web bullets towards Herman causing Herman to stagger back.
“Yeah genius, well tell that to the cops when you see them.”Jacob lifted himself off of the air, and going for an axe kick but Herman tanked it with one of the gauntlets sending Jacob flying breaking a pillar in the process. Jacob fell with rubble collapsing onto him. He watched Herman free himself before cracking his neck. Herman then sent another shock-wave of vibrations towards the webhead. Causing his head to snap back hitting against the collapsed pillar debris he was laying on.
“Well, that’s a concussion” Jacob joked before trying to get up, his spidey sense activated but as he tried to move out of the way. Another wave assaulted him skidding him across the floor.
“Just stay down, and get out of my way.” Herman’s smiled disappear, leaving only the endless frustration. Jacob wanted to let him go, He didn’t really care about much at the moment as his body started to rely the feeling of pain that had yet to aside. Jacob watched as Herman walked away, but before he could Jacob was curious about something.
“Why do this, why rob banks, and hurt people. Why betray the people who you put their trust into you?” Jacob asked causing Herman to look back and walk back to a slightly bruised Jacob. Herman grabbed Jacob’s neck, squeezing it, threatening to crush it while whispering into his ear.
“Cause it’s fun” Herman laughed with echoes of the barren concrete walls following suit. Jacob smiled before grabbing Herman’s gauntlets which bulged causing Herman to wince from the pain, before Jacob kicked herman in the temple, knocking him out while getting up in the same fluid motion.
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“Pretending to be debilitated for the win ” Jacob pumped his arms in the airs, before taking off the vibration gloves off of Herman.
‘I will examine these for later, for now let me web him up and give him, then the money to the police’ Jacob made Herman into a human burrito before tossing him nonchalantly into the car. He sat on the trunk for a little, he was about to call the police but he spidey sense went off again, and this time it was a lot stronger. He looked around, but seeing no one he decided to just ignore it until he heard vibrations coming from the floor below.
‘Bombs’ Jacob thought before slinging herman from his position to the edge of the parking lot, while flipping off the car which exploded. Jacob had the feeling of regret before looking at the smoke trying to see what would appear from it, but as nothing did, his body became relaxed until a person in dark clothing was thrown at him. Jacob caught the guy sliding back a few feet before letting him go. The guy turned around before looking at Jacob.
“Batman?” Jacob craned his head, before pushing Batman who wasn’t happy about it but a tail was about to slap them. Jacob caught the tail trying to get a good grip but it was about the size of a basketball.
‘The Lizard?’ Jacob thought at the tail picked him up and slung him across to where batman was. Batman was about to return the favor but Jacob twisted his body shooting two webs into the ceiling before look at Batman.
“So you’re the Scarlet Spider that appeared in Gotham 16 days ago.” Batman said in a volume right above a whisper. Jacob nodded before asking.
“I am guessing it’s the lizard?” Jacob point at the large reptilian who’s muscles where giant. He was at least 8 foot tall, and seemed to have the strength to tear a person like a tissue.
“Killer Croc with Strength Enhancing Drugs from an Unknown Source. He’s strong enough to lift up suvs, Help me take him down or get out of the way” Batman stoically analyzed before throwing bat-a-rangs at the beast who let them hit. They barely dug into his rough skin before Killer Croc brushed them off like you would a fly. Jacob saw Batman try to get in close, and put in some tranqs but Killer cross just threw them away. Batman hit Killer Croc with a 1-2 punch but it seemed to have also just been enough to tickle him. Killer Croc used it’s tail to grab Batman wrapping it up before quickly squeezing him.
“Arrggh” Batman winced. Jacob decided to lend a helping hand, shot a burst web to Killer Croc’s face while he was preoccupied. Killer Croc threw Batman before using his sharp claws to tear the webbing away where Jacob hand already ran right underneath him. Shooting two webs to the ceiling, Jacob launched himself upward kicking the Croc’s chin staggering him before webbing his face again but this time it was unsuccessful as Killer Croc used to his hand to protect himself.
“RAWWWW-”
“Shut up lizard brain” Jacob said as he drop twisting himself while shooting a web closing Croc’s mouth. Batman followed that up with a powerful side kick making Killer Croc wince before grabbing Batman by both hands and throwing him at Jacob who instinctively wanted to flip away. Jacob caught Batman before smiling and saying.
“We’ve got to stop meeting up like this.” Jacob joked before putting the other masked vigilante down. Batman returned his comment with a side eye before Jacobs’ spidey sense told him to dodge out of the way. Jacob stumbled debris sea of concrete before a tail swung at him knocking another pillar down. Jacob held on to the tail this time, and he was about to wrap him up with as much web fluid he had left but Killer Croc wasn’t happy about it.
“Get. Off. Of. My. Tail. You. Stupid. Bug” Killer Croc slung Jacob up, hitting the ceiling which cracked and as Jacob was falling down was about to slam him but way caught by batman’s grapple wrapping his neck it high tensile wiring.
Jacob still hit the floor, before rolling to avoid a foot stomp which would knock him out of the fight.
“Time to give up Alligator,” Jacob announced before punching Croc with heavier punch than normal causing him to skid back a couple of feet. Batman tried to put the hurt on him by electrocuting him again, staggering him. Killer Croc broke free before Jacob threw the lizard on his back, running and smashing him against a pillar before Killer Croc double fisted smashed him to the floor. Batman tried to help but way swatted away. Killer Croc then grabbed Jacob before smiling, and about to bite him before Jacob blasted Killer croc’s mouth with another web. Causing Croc to toss him in the middle of the parking lot floor where the van was. Jacob slowly got up as Batman and the Killer Croc fought but he felt the idling pain that was trying to be stopped by the high amount of adrenaline running through his body. Jacob looked at the gloves that were still in decent condition. He thought about giving them to batman before he felt them give him a strange feeling. He shot a web towards them, pulling them to him but someone intercepted it.
“Well thank you for picking these up for me. Herman was always an interesting fellow but hopefully I can put them to better use than him” Jacob slowly got up as he looked towards the voices source. It was a guy in a mechanized Vulture Costume.
‘He looks like Micheal Keaton, but younger?’ Jacob thought before his eyes widening. He needed to alert Batman but he could say anything vulture flew towards Jacob grabbing him by his feet and exiting through an opening of the parking lot. They both rose in the sky, Gotham became so visible in the Night with all of the skyscrapers and the high rises making their windows shine a beautiful mixture of Yellow, White and Blue.
“Stop. Stop” Jacob tried to get Vulture to stop but Vulture just looked at him as they continued to rise until they were right underneath the clouds. The air was frigid making everything them wet and even more exhausted.
“I don’t need more heroes like Batman pulling their weight to stop us. We will win and we will take over Gotham.” Vulture than let go off Jacob who desperately tried to grab something. Jacob for a split second thought his life was over, but realized he could still make it and shot his webs, latching them on Vultures foot and pull desperate. Vulture who was basking in the sky was suddenly pulled as Jacob forced tore him down from the air. With them both quickly descending Vulture fought Jacob who was still as agile as ever. Vulture vibro’d Jacob out of the picture but Jacob fought back grappling the bird with everything he had until Vulture realized he was going to die and started flying once again. Jacob held on as the two of them slowed their plummet to the ground. He saw batman had blown another hole through the parking lot and Jacob fell, descending through the floor as slowly as he could until he made a net of the webs in the last floor. He landed safely almost smacking it the floor, Jacob looked towards the sky, and the lack of stars before rolling.
“I seriously should’ve stayed home. I am so hungry” Jacob thought aloud before hearing Batman’s stoic grunts. Jacob shot himself back up to the roof of the parking lot, wanting to help out but was thrown the bat for umpteenth time .
“New plan, you take down vulture, I’ll take down Killer Croc.” Jacob announced. Batman quickly got up and ran towards Vulture while Jacob frowned, shaking off whatever fear he had. Steeling his mind to defeat the villains. Killer Croc wanted to eat batman but Jacob shot himself towards the reptilian beast knocking him down with a hit to the jaw while Vulture flew above them launching Vibro shocks to the ground, making Batman dodge them. Killer Croc tried to leg sweep him making him flip out of the way before being hit with a vibro-shock. Jacob then launched a web landing on the gauntlet causing the shock wave to land on killer croc before batman helped shooting his grapple hook at the flying villain. Vulture buckled under the strength between the two. Suddenly Batman let go, avoiding getting in the way of the blast while Jacob mustered up the strength to circle toss Vulture. Sending him flying towards Killer Croc who knocked him out.
“Someone’s being a bad lizard” Jacob smiled while he mind remained serious before going into one more tussle with a tiring Killer Croc. Batman and Jacob threw a flurry of combinations exchanging hit for total domination of the fight before Croc drew his last bit of strength slashing Jacob in the chest and back handing Batman away. Jacob was about to be hit again but Jacob caught the hand of Croc, they were at a stalemate with Jacob getting a slight edge over the monster. Jacob felt a well of power trying to unleash itself within this struggling contest but Jacob didn’t know what it could be until he thought of the electrocutions Batman hit Killer Croc with.
“Batman, shoot one of the tasers at me?”
“Wh-” Batman not wanting to question it, did as he was asked and shot a enhanced taser at Jacob who felt the hundreds of volts surge within. He felt it, the electricity being harnessed within his cells and slowly bubbling over before he focused it on Killer Croc who eagerly tried to win. Jacob released the energy sending hundreds of volts towards the villain sending him flying. Jacob fell to the ground with batman holding him up. But Jacob hearing the police sirens tirelessly got up before seeing that his body had no juice left.
“No getting up for me..” Jacob about to stumble out of the weakness that his body had before Batman caught him again. Jacob blacked out.
“Let’s go get you some help” Batman groaned before picking up the boy in his arms and swinging down to the Batmobile, He spotted a person next to it waiting for him as he landed safely not letting the boy go.
“Thanks for dealing with that beast and megalomaniac Batman.” Jim looked at Jacob.
“Poor guy, he said that he isn’t apart of your team. Is this a new robin?” Jim probed, causing Batman to look at the unconscious Jacob who’s bleeding had slowed dramatically.
“No.” Batman moved past putting Jacob in the Batmobile before looking at Jim.
“I’ll be in touch” Batman got into the Batmobile noticing that the boy he just put in there had left. Leaving a note.
‘Surprised you had paper and a pen in your car, but you are the best detective in the Universe. Anyways, Have a goodnight Batman’ - The friendly Scarlet Spider